I wrote a grant for Indigo Love of Reading Foundation 📚 the goal is to foster a ❤️ of reading, but I wrote also about the science of reading - building those foundational skills students need to lift words off the page. Having a PD library, decodables, read alouds & build background knowledge, PD...

Using ONlit.org's embedded mnemonics videos, I've arranged it in Printing as a Pro printing order - docs.google.com/presentation/d…

When an episode is so good that now I don’t even need to cover the same topic on my show - it’s all here! Everything you need to know about teaching handwriting as Anna Geiger interviews Shawn Datchuk! open.spotify.com/episode/6Lso9q…

Misconception Monday!

Don’t confuse this with saying parents should not read to kids…

Teachers can sometimes be the first person to identify students who struggle with speaking and listening. Let's learn more about DLD. It is the first step to provide the support these students need. RADLDcampaign #DLDday

Started my intervention groups officially today and using ONlit.org embedded picture mnemonics with a few of my groups.

Melanie Brethour He will grow out of it Let’s just wait and see Give him the gift of time He will read when he is ready Every teacher who has uttered these words thought they were doing the right thing. But they were … uh hmm … sold a story.

Already registered for the #LitLearn2025 conference and love that there is a conference for parents - Navigating Dyslexia Family Conference "will focus on supporting family members of students with dyslexia."

On cloud 9! Change can happen even when your curriculum is still balanced literacy. Teachers at my school in k, 1, and 2 are implementing UF Literacy Institute and today I went into classes to model a day 1 lesson!

Creator of the blockbuster podcast Sold a Story, Emily Hanford, talks to education journalist Holly Korbey about how disproven ideas about reading made their way into the country’s most popular reading curricula. 📖 edut.to/3WWOWr0